Light jet

N40BM

1953 Homebuilt MIG 15

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1953
Serial
1A06040
Class
Light jet
Engines
Klimov VK-1A
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
War Eagles Air Museum (Corporation)
Based
Santa Teresa, NM
Registration record

N40BM on the FAA register

Type
1953 Homebuilt MIG 15
Serial
1A06040
Engines
Klimov VK-1A
Registered owner
War Eagles Air Museum
Santa Teresa, NM
Certificate issued
2007-06-12
Airworthiness date
1988-02-19
Registration expires
2027-08-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A4AA6D
Mode S (octal)
51125155
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2007-06-12
    Certificate of registration issued as N40BM.
  • 1988-02-19
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1953
    Manufactured (1953).
Overview

About N40BM

N40BM is a 1953 Homebuilt MIG 15, serial number 1A06040. The FAA register lists War Eagles Air Museum as the registrant in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. The current certificate of registration was issued on June 12, 2007 and expires on August 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a light jet, one Klimov VK-1A engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated February 19, 1988.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N40BM.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N40BM.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.